Pictures of the day: 16 February 2012

Queen Elizabeth II is shown the Ampulla and Coronation Spoon, which was used at her Coronation in 1953, by the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, as her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and other Christian guests watch, during a multi-faith reception at Lambeth Palace in London. The event featured leaders from the Christian, Baha'i, Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, and Zoroastrian communities.